The Creation of World Poverty

Hayter, Teresa
Publisher:  Pluto Press, london, United Kingdom
Year First Published:  {12094 The Creation of World Poverty CREATION OF WORLD POVERTY Hayter, Teresa Pluto Press london United Kingdom Hayter challenges the assumption that the West is 'helping' the rest of the world to develop. Far from rescuing the countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America from their supposed backwardness, the rich countries have accumulated vast wealth at their expense. 1981 1983 128pp BC12094-TheCreationOfWP.jpg B Book 330.16 - <br> <br> <br>Table of Contents <br> <br>Foreword <br>Introduction <br>Survival <br>Extremes of Poverty and Wealth <br>Conventional Explanations for Poverty <br>This Past is Not Irrelevant <br>The Europeans Get Ahead <br>Plunder and Loot <br>Plantations, Works and Slaves <br>Profits <br>Markets and the Destruction of Industries <br>Free Trade and Comparative Advantage <br>Hunger <br>Workers and Wages <br>Terms of Trade <br>Exports of Capital <br>Aid <br>Industrialisation <br>Repression and Foreign Support For It <br>Resistance <br>Socialism or Barbarism <br>Bibliography CX6234 1 false true false CX6234.htm [0xc0002f1560 0xc0005dbb60 0xc0006c01e0 0xc0006c1020 0xc0006ce000 0xc000175e30 0xc000199470 0xc00011ab40 0xc0004761e0 0xc0005c3a40 0xc0005ead80 0xc00082af00 0xc000ca3d40 0xc000cc12c0 0xc0004eeff0 0xc000f12060 0xc000c442a0 0xc0008a50e0 0xc00261b2f0 0xc0013b0d80 0xc0013b1710 0xc0013dc420 0xc0014c8ab0 0xc002aaf380] Cx}
Year Published:  1983
Pages:  128pp     Dewey:  330.16
Resource Type:  Book
Cx Number:  CX6234

Hayter challenges the assumption that the West is 'helping' the rest of the world to develop. Far from rescuing the countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America from their supposed backwardness, the rich countries have accumulated vast wealth at their expense.

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Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction
Survival
Extremes of Poverty and Wealth
Conventional Explanations for Poverty
This Past is Not Irrelevant
The Europeans Get Ahead
Plunder and Loot
Plantations, Works and Slaves
Profits
Markets and the Destruction of Industries
Free Trade and Comparative Advantage
Hunger
Workers and Wages
Terms of Trade
Exports of Capital
Aid
Industrialisation
Repression and Foreign Support For It
Resistance
Socialism or Barbarism
Bibliography

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